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MOREHOUSE A CAMPUS NEWSLETTER FOR FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENTS OCTOBER 2012 Rubina Malik offers advice to international students Spike Lee ‘79 talks about “Red Hook Summer” and his Morehouse days Former President and First Lady Become Buildings’ Namesakes W hen former president Walter E. Massey ’58 returns to Morehouse for Flomecoming 2012, he and the former first lady, Shirley A. Massey, also will be leaving something very special behind. During homecoming week, their names will become permanent parts of the name sakes of The Leadership Center building and the Executive Conference Center. The names of the buildings will now be the Walter E. Massey Leadership Center and the Shirley A. Massey Executive Conference Center. Massey will officially presen "the College with the Walter E. Massey Presidential Papers. Massey, currently the president o^ the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, was AtHrehouse president from 1992-2007. He spearheaded the effort to get the Leadership Center built and to establish the ethical leader ship center program at Morehouse College. Shirley Massey played a large role in serving as the campus’ host to numerous national, inter national gue.q r s and dignitaries and spearheaded efforts to improve the Campus landscape. The naming ceremony is one of the highlights of Homecoming 2012, Oct. 21-28. Others include the annual Homecoming Concert/Fashion Show (rapper 2 Chainz will perform); R8cB singer Raheem DeVaughn Former first lady, Shirley A. Massey and former president Walter E. Massey ’58 will take the stage of the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel for the Neo- Soul Concert; National Medical Association president Rahn Bailey ’86 will deliver the Homecoming Crown Forum address and Miss Maroon and White and her court will be celebrated during Coronation in King Chapel. Morehouse’s official sister school, Bennett College, will square off against the College’s unofficial sister school, Spelman College in the 3rd Annual Big Blue Bash Powder Puff Flag Football Game at Spelman. The Leadership Center’s Coca-Cola Pre- College Leadership Program will be celebrat ing their 15th anniversary with a reception on Oct. 26. More than 570 college-bound young men have completely the ethical lead ership development program since 1997. A former Miss Maroon and White, Anne Ashmore Hudson, will be honored as she returns to celebrate homecoming. As queen in 1962, she nearly missed her own coronation. As a student picketer during the civil rights movement, Ashmore Hudson had been jailed in Atlanta and was released just in time to make her coronation. Bands and floats will take to the streets of the West End neighborhood Saturday morning during the annual parade, while tailgaters flood the campus later during the Homecoming Tailgate Experience. Fort Valley State will be the foe for the Maroon Tigers during the annual football game on Saturday afternoon. “More than just attending these great events, this is just a great opportunity for alumni to reconnect,” said Henry Goodgame ’84, director of Alumni Relations, Annual Giving and Special Events. “It’s an opportunity to come back and reconnect with the spirit of Morehouse or see where they can pitch in. We will have our tradi tional events each year yet Homecoming will also be different year after year. ■ For more information about Homecoming 2012, go to page 6 or go to http://www.morehouse.edu/homecoming/. President Franklin Delivers Final Opening Convocation P resident Robert M. Franklin ’75 passionately delivered his final Opening Convocation speech. His hands trembled as he calmed down seconds after his spirited Sept. 20th address to faculty, students, staff and alumni in the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel. Franklin the president had channeled Franklin the preacher in using the College’s motto, et facta ex lux (Let there be light), to exhort the Morehouse community to continue to stand strong during trying times. “The ancient Hebrew story of creation in Genesis offers that God was surrounded by chaos,” said Franklin, whose term ends in December. “They believed that chaos surrounded the deity and it was the deity’s responsibility to speak to chaos. “But God spoke to the chaos and said, ‘Let there be light,”’ he said as the Chapel audience stood and shouted. “So I’m challenging you young men today as you prepare to go forth, speak truth to chaos. Call it out! Let there be peace - et facta ex pax. Let there be faith - et facta ex ftdes. Let there be wisdom - et facta ex prudential Let there be justice - et facta ex equitas. Let there be Morehouse - et facta ex da ’Housd. Call it out! Call it out!” Willis Sheftall ’64, interim provost and senior vice president for Academic Affairs, said afterwards, “You didn’t just throw the gauntlet down. You stomped it!” Franklin’s speech was the highlight of the annual ceremony that brings the campus community together to formally open the school year. Current and new men of Morehouse, along with staff and faculty adorned in academic regalia, commit to a year of excellence at the College. “Through this ritual, we recommit ourselves to the mission of the College and the continuing pursuit of excellence in those endeavors that support that mission,” Sheftall said. Three members of the Morehouse family were honored during the ceremony. Trustee James R. Hall ’57, a retired lieutenant general in the U.S. Army and former president of the Morehouse College National Alumni Association, was presented with the Renaissance Medallion Award for his service to the College and the country. Economics professor John W. Handy was named the Vulcan Materials Company Faculty Member of the Year for 2012-13 (see page 5 for article). The award annually goes to the faculty member who is deemed an out standing teacher through peer reviews and student evaluations, has served the College on various committees and other activities; and who provides service to the community and the teaching profession. Hoeun Chung, who over the past 25 years painted 174 of the 177 oil portraits that hang in the Chapel’s International Hall of Honor and in other campus build ings, was posthumously honored (see page 5 for article). Chung died in August His family was presented a collage of his paintings. Hi s family was pre sented a collage of his paintings, created by OIA staff member David Collins. M -AS Editor’s Note: For excerpts from President Franklin’s speech, please see page 2. Morehouse Ranked No. 3 HBCU and One of Nation’s Top Colleges MOREHOUSE COLLEGE is one of the nation’s top historically black colleges and universities, accord ing to U.S. News & World Report magazine. In its annual Best Colleges issue, the maga zine ranked Morehouse No. 3 among the nation’s 105 HBCUs for the fourth consecutive year. Spelman College remains ranked first and Howard University is second. The rankings are based on peer reviews, faculty resources, stu dent selectivity, financial resources and alumni giving rate. Morehouse’s alumni participation rate has increased by 17% to 36% over the last 5 years. Morehouse has been ranked in the top three in each of the six years U.S. News & World Report has done a separate ranking of historically black col leges and universities. The magazine also ranked Morehouse among the nation’s top liberal arts colleges. In a new ranking this year, U.S. News & World Report asked high school guid ance counselors across the country to come up with a list of their best liberal arts colleges. They listed Morehouse at No. 62, tied with Spelman, as the highest ranked HBCUs on that list. ■